Isolated Long White Eyelash: An Underrecognized Trichologic Finding
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A 9-year-old girl of nonconsanguineous Moroccan parents, presented with an isolated long white eyelash in the upper left eyelid for 18 months. This eyelash was a terminal hair and presented no underlying skin lesions [Figures 1 and 2]. At the moment of presentation, the eyelash was only 2 cm long because she had it removed 3 weeks before. His father reported that this eyelash could grow up to 5 cm in length and that it took around 2 months to regrowth if it was plucked out. She had a normal growth and development for her age, and her personal history and rest of the physical examination was otherwise unremarkable. Her parents brought her because the abnormal long eyelash got into her eye and was becoming a nuisance in everyday life and peer relationships. Her family history was only remarkable for his father at 35 being completely grey-haired, and also several second-degree relatives with premature greying of hair.
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